Theories Of Thomas Hobbes Social Contract

Piccolo became his consigliere. Street tax came about again thanks to Stanfa and that meant every criminal had to pay a tax on his activities which created tension and threats of violence on the streets of Philadelphia. Felix Bocchino used to collect the street tax but then someone murdered him and at first Stanfa and the FBI had no idea who did it but then it was clear that it was a group of new mobsters; Joseph Merlino and his group.

No matter how good or kind a person acts, there is evil in all. Every day we have a choice whether to be good or to be bad, and every day it is shown that humans have an instinctual urge of selfishness. Humans are manipulative towards the environment for their own needs and disregard those who live around them. In this novel, people only truly defend themselves and they do not care about one

Why cant the Socs help the Greasers in their needs instead of fighting and even killing them for no reason? “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton is about how the Greasers are the one who suffer the most because they have to earn what they want and they don 't have as much rights as do the Socs do, and the Greasers cant really do anything about it because they will get arrested for trying to rob, and kill a Socs. What type of people would want to hurt other people who are in needy of money, food, water, and a place to stay. Greasers who have to work their whole lives just to to pay bills, buy food for their family, and have to drop out of school and not get their full education. Socs who drive to the Greaser’s neighborhoods just to beat them up for fun, drop out of school to do drugs, and don 't have worry about anything because they are rich.

Throughout the story, the reader meets many characters that impact Guy, the way he thinks and the way he views society as a whole. Clarisse McClellan helped Montag discover that he wasn’t happy, while his fire captain Beatty, taught Montag that life isn’t just a straight path, it

Therefore, Equality sacrifices himself for the power of individuality. He takes the struggles of the martyr and rebels against the evil of the word “we”. Equality is correct to morally judge his society by pronouncing his denouncement of them in moral terms for they took away man’s freedom, shamed their people for their differences, and censored man’s power of

The way the greasers are outsiders in society is that they are always there for their gang members. “Dally hated to do things the legal way” (2). This quote shows the audience that the greaser Dally (the tough one) does illegal things to get through life, which then influences the rest of

Psychopaths don’t use emotions properly. They don’t react based on how they feel, they analyze their feelings and react based on what would be most beneficial in their case. Eric also had a god complex. He hated anyone who wasn’t as smart as him, and believed natural selection was the greatest thing to ever happen. “He loved explosions, actively hated inferiors, and passively hoped for human extinction’ (Cullen 184).

Without knowing it Juan ends up getting sabotaged by the machine instead of him sabotaging the machine. Juan became addicted to his work in the censorship. This began to reflect on his normal life as well not only in the censorship office. The author describes “Soon his work became so absorbing that his noble mission blurred in his mind. ”(page 176, paragraph 4).

Jabin is strictly business, he even says, “We only want company money.” He is just doing his job and only wants to get paid. As the negotiations moved at a dreary pace for the Somalian pirates and Jabin, they began to beat the crew in frustration. The essay mentions that Jabin is slow to anger, “Jabin was slower to anger. One day, he called Aliabadi, the bosun into the recreation room, where several guards were seated around a table.”

Society can Corrupt In a society there exists good and people because it’s just part of human nature which can’t be changed. Because of victimization and violence in the society, man is born innocent but are corrupted by society. To begin with, man is born innocent but is corrupted through society due to victimization in their surroundings. For example, in the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding the boys were victims of the island since they were just boys.

However, there is only so much the government can provide because of this some people resort to robbery and selling drugs to get by. In Bell Hooks’ article, “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor,” describes why poor people resort to crime when she states, “Willing to commit all manner of dehumanizing and brutal acts in the name of material gain, the poor are portrayed as seeing themselves as always and only worthless. Worth is gained only by means of material success” (Hooks 485). Resorting to these types of crime can be very dangerous because they could accidentally step into their rival gang territory and potentially be killed, which will lead to more cycles of revenge and hatred. This was also simply said by Andre in Freedom Writers, “My brother taught me what the life is for a young black man.

As an individual with disabilities like the character of Lennie faces, which clearly Steinbeck shows the causes of his control to achieve his dream to freedom with George and soft things. Unfortunately, Lennie lines in a time where disabilities were thought of as issues that can not be fixed and are worthless. Even though many had no one there to help them. Which Lennie just limits everything over time by all the bad things he keeps doing because of his disabilities. Even him asking about his future will not change the fact he has killed and hurt many people just trying to get to his dream.

Karl Marx believed that the bourgeoisie gained all their wealth by exploiting the proletariat. It’s hypocrisy that CEOs or people in the government get a bunch of money by the working class why they live in poverty. This leads poor people stealing because it’s a way for them to survive. All in all, there are different theories as to why crime exists. It’s a form of living for some people to get ahead in life

Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes helpfulness. In this theory, punishment is warranted only if it promotes over-all happiness. C.S. Lewis refers to utilitarianism as humanitarian in his essay. Contrary to the general humanitarian viewpoint, which sees punishment as precautionary, Lewis believes that it denies criminals of their humanity. He states, "when we cease to consider what the criminal deserves and consider only what will cure him or deter others, we have tacitly removed him from the sphere of justice altogether; instead of a person, a subject of rights, we now have a mere object, a patient, a 'case."